New Guy...

[Jeffrey Watts]

On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, Randy Rathbun wrote:

> I totally agree that things have a way to go, but you should have seen
> things around 1995 when I installed Linux for the first time. It was
> horrid. Now we get to play Tetris while the system installs! It will
> get there. Gonna take a bit, but it will get there.

All a matter of perspective...  Back in '95, Linux was a godsend for us
compsci students...  We were stuck between two bad choices:  ugly, barren
commercial Unix and ugly, barren Microsoft Windows.  Neither had good
development tools.  Neither worked well on low-end PCs.

Remember, a good UI isn't everything, and Linux wasn't written for users -
it was written for geeks.  My server doesn't have a GUI, and never will --
doesn't need it.  I find that a UI is nice for some things, but it will
never be as powerful as the command line.

J.

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